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rHETIs ORDERED TO sITKA.
The Relations of the United States Il
Great Britain Considered Serious.

The Relations of the United States ia
Great Britain Considered Serious.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE seriousness
of the fisheries situation accounts for the
fact that the president and the cabinet gave
three and half hours to its consideration
at the last cabinet meeting. 1t is now
known that the New England fishermen had
demanded that the retaliatory act be en-
forced to the extent that Canadian fish be
excluded from American ports, and thot
the Alaska Fur company had insisted that
the government perform its part Of the con-
tract under which 1t agreed to guarantee to
the company the enjoyment Of the full ben
efit Of the seal fishery. Incidentally the
matter Of instructions to the CON-
mander of the United States ship
Thetis, which Is soon to sail to Alaska
waters on an extended cruise, became
topic Of discussion, and this branch OF the
subject developed such an absorbing in
terest that the Canadian matter was mainly
lost sight Of. There Is q crisis impending
in regard to the seal fisheries II the govern.
ment intends to protect itself from spolia-
ton at the hands Of British sealers.
-Four of these vessels lie at Sitka
under seizure for taking seals in violation
of the law. They were seized in the open
sea with ample evidence that they had been
on the sealing grounds in the pursuit
Of their illegal occupation. In the diplo-
matte correspondence with England over
these seizures the state department has
maintained the jurisdiction Of the United
States beyond the three-mile limit on the
principle of measuring from headland tc
headland. Secretary Bayard has pointed
out to the English government that Russia
asserts this principle in dealing with
foreigners on her fishing coast, and has
made repeated seizures Of British vessels
outside of the three-mile limit without
effective protests from the British authori'
ties. In diplomatic circles it is said, how
ever, that the critical relations between
Great Britain and Russia growing out Of
their diverse interests in the east op
crate as a restraint upon the former power
in regard to these bold, open-sea seizures by
Russian cruisers. As an argument by See
retary Bayard to defend the position of this
government in the seizure Of the British
sealers, it is considered effective.
The upshot of the cabinet consultation Ii
that the revenue cutters in Alaskan waters
are to be instructed to keep vigilant watch
upon the two sealing rookeries within the
limit. The Thetis is to sail round the Horn
without instructions, other than the usua
naval orders to proceed to port.
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ST. AUGUSTINE's CALAMITY.

Heayy Loss by Fire-Hotel, Cathedral
and Other Buildings Destroyed.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., April 13-The
most disastrous and fatal fire that has oc-
CURED in this state swept away the build
ings on two blocks in the heart of this town
Yesterday So far two lives are reported
lost, and it may probably exceed that num-
Der, as several persons are unaccounted for.
!. At present it is impossible to estimate the
SNX owing to the great confusion into
IgMch the fire has thrown the city, but it ii
placed at from s40O, 900 to $500, 900.
The fire originated in the engine room of
the St. Augustine hotel just opposite the
plaza. 1t burned rapidly and soon spread
to the surrounding property. In half an
hour the hotel was nothing but ruin. The
first thing to be considered was to save life,
and all attention was paid to the looking
after those in the hotel. 1t is said thatall
We're saved but one chambermaid and a
guest of the hotel.
The losses are estimated as follows: St.
Augustine hotel burned to the ground; loss
100000 The insurance policies had ex-
pired the day before and had not been re-
newed The Edward house was burned to
the ground; loss $40, 900; partially insured
The court house was burned to the ground,
but the records were saved. Sully Weller s
restaurant was gutted; Hayon & Gonzales,
cigars and tobacco, and the Chinese restau-
rant were burned. Chamberlain & Sons
grocery was burned loss $40, 200, insured
$1,000. sold Buck's'' restaurant, $25OO,
Davis barber shop and Vedder's museum
and dry goods store were also burned. The
beautiful new Coquina concrete bank build
ing was destroyed. The old cathedral
caught fire on the roof, which soon fell in
crushing and running everything and leav-
ing only three bare walls standing. The
bishops residence was only slightly injured.
Schur's curiosity store was destroyed. The
old stove market is in ashes and the
whole plaza scorched. Sulzner's mu-
sic house, Walton's packing house,
Hopkins g. Won Gleming, architects
Armstrong, .real estate, and Sternhouse,
fruit store, were all burned out The
Florida Genovan opera house and the
Magnolia were saved by the heroic efforts Of
Mr.. Beck, of the Florida, and his corps of
assistants The guests of all the hotels
escaped with their lives, but the majority
have lost all their baggage, clothing, etc.
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Wednesday, April 13.

The Jersey City election resulted in q
victory for the Democrats.
The United States steamer Atlanta will
sail ON her trial trip to-day.
The 10th birthday of King William of
Holland was celebrated in Amsterdam.
Five negro children were burned to death
in "Jake' Rhodes house near Greenville,
Ala
1t is understood that the Canadian Pacific
is about to purchase the Canadian Southern
road.
The Western Union Telegraph company's
capital was increased by the issue of 12 900
more shares.
j. T. Trowbridge, the author, is seriously
sick at his home ON the borders of Spy pond,
Arlington, Mass.
Col. Noah E. Smith, of Laconia, N. H.,
who pioted Gen. Scott's army into the city
of Mexico, is dead.
Kerr, Dem, with Republican Endorsement,
defeated the citizens nominee in the Hobo
ken, N. j., election for mayor
The International Navigation company of
Philadelphia will increase its bonded debt to
$3, 2OO, 600 to buy new steamships.
The Illinois senate passed the bill ap-
propriating $50, 100 for the erection of a
monument to the memory Of John A. Logan.
The conditions upon which the cutter Ar
row will contest with Gen. Paine's boat are
made public. 1t is thought that they will
be rejected.
Natural gas has been struck at depth Of
1873 feet in Rosedale, suburb of Kansas
City. The volume is sufficient for practicale
purpose.
DR.. Offutt and o. d. Cannon engaged in
a shooting affray at Hearne, Tex, over q
game of dominoes and was both fatally
wounded
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DEATH OF JOHN T. RAYMOND.

The Eminent Actor Expires at Evans
Vile After a Short Sickness.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 11.-John T.
Raymond breathed his last at the st. George
hotel at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr..
Raymond arrived in this city Friday at
noon, suffering from a complication of dis
eases and was unable to fill his engagement.
On his arrival the. best medical aid was pro-
cured and everything possible was done for
his relief. He seemed considerably i'm
proved during Saturday, but grew worse
after o'clock that night.
Mr.. Raymond's death was caused by in
testinal disorder, complicated with heart
trouble
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CLERK LEIGHTON'S ACCOUNTS.

A Discrepancy for One Out of Seventeen
Years of $500.
BosroN, April 1.-THE expert who has
been examining the accounts of John G.
Leighton, formerly clerk Of. the mInicipal
criminal court, has examined more than II,
GOO cases for 1885, The apparent dis
crepancy for that year amounts to about
$500. To examine with the same thor
oughness the books for the seventeen years
during which Mr.. Leighton was clerk would
require several years. Mr.. Leighton claims
the discrepancies are due to errors of book
keeping, which he is ready to rectify if it
can be shown that he is to blame in the
matter
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ONLY 90 PER CENT. OFF.
The Pan Handle Stealings Amounted tS
About $4,000 Instead of $500, 600.

The Pan Handle Stealings Amounted tS
About $4,000 Instead Of S5OO,OOO.
PrrTsBURG, Penn, April IA gigantic
conspiracy among the freight employees o1
the Pan Handle road has been brought tt
light, and as result sixty-three men have
been arrested.
PTTTsBURG, Penn, April 13.-The Pitts
bnrg, Cincinnati, & st. Louis railroad com
pany having succeeded in arresting the mer
they were after, there is great falling of
in the estimate of the value of the goods
stolen from the trains. Assistant Genera
Freight Agent McCabe, through whose de-
partment all claims for stolen and lost
freight must pass says: The statement
that the value of the goods stolen
was $500, 900 to 100000 is preposterous.
All claims for losses have beer
settled in this office, and the valne of the
goods is not over $4,000. The value on the
articles recovered by the detectives was
estimated by them more ON the space the
plunder occupied in their Office than its real
worth Tho largest single loss to any ship
per was the guns and reyolvers taken at the
time Of the Sheridan Station fight The
claim was adjusted for less than $780, The
statement that quantities Of iewelry and
class of goods almost invariably goes by
express There were no cars containing
United States bonded goods broken into,
so that the story about finely imported
fabrics being among the plunder is not true
either
Mr.. McCabe's statement in a manner con-
firms the allegations Of the families of some
of the prisoners, that the raiding officer took
orfinl Oh bo Il Iox
obtained honestly. In one instance, Mrs.
Hastings, wife of one Of the prisoners, was
only able to retain bed and window drapcry
by presenting a receipted bill for them from
Pittsburg merchant.
One prisoner has been released, having
been arrested by mistake. Detectives Gil
kinson and Rue think that there is scarcely
a flaw in the evidence they have woven abou,
a majority of the prisoners, and that not one OF
them will escape punishment. The confis
Gated trunks have not been opened, nor will
they be until next Monday at the time OF
the hearing before deputy Mayor Gripp.
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BOSTON MARKET QUOTATIONS.
BosTov. April II.

BosTON April IT.
Flour and Grain.
FLOUR Michigan stone grouu 81. 10 al Il q Dbl.
CORN-Steamer yellow t3s mike il6,.
oATS-Choic. clipped AZ @l.k:.
The above Quotat ons are for car lots.
Provisions.
.eoRK-Prim. mess SIG IS ael7. IS p b5t ha n,
IL l2
FRESH BEEF-Choice steers ~, W: u,,: &c
MUTTON-Lam . sGloc for extr. fair - 1s:.
Farm Produce.
BUTTER-W Western extra fresh made crea u, ,rt u
0sD. fresh initiation choice q s23c Vermont dairy
eA 3 va.
EGGS Eastern extra IL.
CHEESE-Northern new 14x al6.
POULTRY - Turkeys, westsri frozen. Is oil IS
chic Z. ns western frozen II sl5; fowls, westsrs
fngn II l2c
fOTATOES-vermont Rose ss1s5s buL
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Smuggling Cigars.

New YORK, April 11.-Through informa-
ton given by Capt. Bemis of the steamship
Niagara, from Havana, 14OO cigars and 20
reels of cigarets were seized by custom
house officials on board the vessel These
cigars were entered on the manifest as ships
stores, but were evidently intended to be
smuggled ashore. The spcial agent who
made the seizure says that from 30, 900 to
$4,000 cigars are annually smuggled. He
cites numerous instances of which he has
the fullest proof. Some of the officers Of
the Havana steamers are involved, it is said.
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NEWSPAPER LAWS.

!. Any person who takes nswspapss regularly from
the efce-whethes directed to his anohers,
whe'herh has subscribed or not he Is responsbi' for
the payment.
.. II faperson ordera paper Discontinued. no must
pay all arearages publisher may continue send
itunt payment is made, and collec. the whole amo"n,
whether the paper is taken from the Office or not.
3. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the post Office, or re-
moving and leaving them uncaled for Is ty!ma ,acis
evidence Of fraud
si.oO per year, strictly in advance.
$a.oo will be collected if not paid in advance.
Steam Job Printing at reasonable prices.
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SEARCH FOR THE SOUTH POLE

Explorer NOrdenskjOld About to Start fo1
the Antarctic.
LONDON, April 1.-Nordenskjo jold, famous
for Arctic explorations has turned his at
tention to the other extremity of the globe,
and will shortly head an expedition to the
Antarctic ocean, in the hope of discovering
the south pole. The king of Sweden and
Dickson, who rendered assistance to the
Vega expedition, will aid the new enterprise,
and the party expects to be absent two
vaarS
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LORD LANsDoWNe's PRECAUTIONS.

A Measure to Guard the Governor Cen
eral from Assassination.
OTTAWA, Ont, April 1.-THE people of
Ottawa are much exercised over the order
which will keep the doors of the Canadian SEN
ate closed to the public for the opening of par
Lament on the 18th by the governor general.
This is supposed to be done as a safeguard
against possible attempt at assassination.
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CARTER'S DEFALCATION.

The Investigating Committee Report That
He Owes the Town $4,000.
PITTsF1ELD, Mass, April 12.-The COM
mittee appointed to investigate the alleged
defalcation Of Town Treasurer Carter, Re-
ported to the town meeting the result of
several months work. Carter's method of
bookkeeping was very slovenly and inaccu-
rate, and the committee finds that if GER
tain amounts apparently dye Carter from
the town are allowed he will still owe the
town about $4,000.
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Railway Commissioner Mortland, of Maine,
expresses his disapproval of the interstate
commerce bill, which he believes will be in
furious to the commerce Of that state.
Mrs. Curtin, whose husband was killed
by moonlighters at MolahafYe, county Kerry,
Ireland, November, 1885, has received GOO
out of the royal bounty fund. \
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KANSAS SWEPT BY FIRE.
A ROARING SEA OF FLAME ET-
TENDING FOR SIXTY MILES.
FIFTEEN PERSONS AND A MULTITUDE
OF CATTLE BURNED.

Scores OF Houses ana Barns Reduced 70
Ashes-Rclief to be Forwarded to the
sufferers-Dakota Farms Also Burned
Over.
ATcHIsoN, Kan, April 13.-No less
than fifteen persons have been burned to
death by the prairie fires, which, starting
near Nicodemus, Graham county, have
swept northwest on an air line into Nor
ton county, destroying everything in path
that in places Is from ~ to seven
miles wide-s great roaring sea Of
flame, rolling in tremendous sheets, under
the impetus Of the high wind which
prevailed oil day Saturday and Saturday
night. Starting on the south fork Of the
Solomon river, in Graham county, the fire
swept north to the north fork, which It
crossed at Edmund, q station on the Central
branch railroad In Norton county, and, at
last accounts, it was still sweeping toward
the northwest diagonally across Norton
county in the direction of Decatur, the ad-
joining county on the west, carrying de-
struction and death in its path. Thousands
of head of stock Of all kinds have been
burned, and thousands Of tons Of hay, corn
and wheat, and from 100 to 175 houses
ana DdTIlb nave Decu ueCUAOycAs Auc kEO-
pie living along the line of the fire have been
left homeless and destitute. It is impossible
as yet to learn the names Of those who per-
ished in the flames. Tremendous excite
ment prevails all through the burned dis
trict, which extends a distance Of over
sixty miles in length by ~ to seven in
width, with the fire still spreading west
and northwest. A large number OF
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs have been
destroyed. Relief will be forwarded to
the sufferers at once from .towns east
of the fire line. The fire is still raging furi-
ously, and the people along its path are
terror stricken. The destruction of the tel
egraph poles and wires between Greenleaf
and Edmund prevents the obtaining of de-
tails.
A Sioux Falls, D. T., dispatch says: Re.
ports of loss of property from prairie fires
during the wind storm of Friday and Satur-
day continue to come in. Eighteen miles
west of here tremendous fire started and
swept the country for miles. Other losses
are indefinitely reported. It was the most
destructive fire that ever visited this part Of
the country, and the total less will exceed
500. 600 49,
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Canadian Customs Rules.

OTTAWA, April 1.-THE customs officials
on the border have received new and strict
orders from the government in relation tc
the examination Of the baggage of passen-
gers coming into Canada by railway from
the United States. The new regulations
are similar to those enforced by the United
States authorities at New York with regard
to steamship passengers from foreign coun-
tries
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BUILDERS IN CONFERENCE.

An Agreement Reached at Boston on q
Nine-Hour Day.
BOSTON, April 12.-The long talked of
conference between representatives of the
Master Builders association and the ANAL.
gamated building trades council of this city
was attended by seven men from each or
ganization. 1t was agreed that nine hours
should constitute days work, with pay by
the hour instead of the day. 1t is hoped
that both parties will assent to the result OF
the conference.
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MANUFACTURERS DISSATISFIED

With the Effect Of the Interstate Com
mOrce Law.
KEENE,N. H., April 13-There is a good
Geal of dissatisfaction in this part of the
state among manufacturers with the inter-
state law. The box manufacturers say
their business will be ruined unlesss the law
is repealed. There is talk of widely signed
appeal to congres for relief
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Tuesday April 12.


Benton J. Hall, Of Iowa, has qualified as
commissioner of patents.
The Portuguese government has concluded
treaty Of friendship with China.
A Nebraska train wrecker has been in
dicted for murder in the first degree.
The Cherokee female seminary at Tale
quah, I. T., has been burned; loss $3.50, 600.
The Fitchburg railroad stockholders have
ratified the purchase Of the Hoosac Tunnel
Dock and Elevator company at Boston.
Henry Pollard, while drunk, fired a rifle
at Jacob Haskell, West Gloucester, Mass,
farmer, the bullet grazing Haskell's jugular
vein.
Twelve thousand gallons Of free soup
were given to 1900 Boston families last
winter
The steel cruiser Atlanta is not yet ready
for sea trial. Her guns have not been adj
justed satisfactorily in their places on the
vessel.
A. D. Varney, Of Needham, Mass,
pleaded guilty Of incest with his young
daughter and was sentenced to twelve years
imprisonment.
The president gave a reception to multi
tude Of children Of Washington, after they
had finished rolling Easter eggs down hill
on the White House grounds.
"A mob at Quebec smashed the drums Of
the Salvation Army, pelting them with ice.
One of the women was knocked senseless
The police made no arrests.
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois
house to repeal the act Incorporating the
Chicago board of trade, on the ground that it
has become an institution for the practice
and encouragement of gambling.
A delegation who invited the president to
attend an anti-coercion meeting were in
formed that it would be improper for him
to attend such meeting in his official
capacity.
A literary and musical entertainment in
in of the Kindergarten for the blind was
given at the residence Of Robert Treat
Paine, at Boston. DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes read selections from his writings.
The sealing steamship Eagle which has.
arrived at st. Johns, N. F., reports that the
debris and apparent wreckage with the
ships name found on the ice were flung
overheard to make room for seals. There is.
great rejoicing among the sealers' families
over the arrival of the supposed lost vessel.
An e1-congressman and lawyer, John
Amber Smith, was attacked by litigants in
the superior court at Washington, after ad-
journment, being knocked down by man
with cane and kicked in the face by
woman. The judge promises to teach the
assailants a severe lesson.
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PACIFIC RAILWAY COMMISSION.

Two Democrats and One Republican Ap-
pointed by the President.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE president
has appointed as commissioners to investi-
gate the a.fairs of the Pacific railroad, ul-
der the act passed by the late congress- Rob
ert e. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, E. Ellery
Anderson, of New York, and David L. Lit
ier, of indianapolis. Mr.. Littler is a Re
publican.
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EARTHQUAKE AT BURLINGTON.

The People Frightened by a Violent
Shock.
BURLINGTON, Vt, April IA heavy
shock of earthquake was felt here at 2:4O p.
m. Sunday. The vibrations lasted fifteen
seconds and were introduced by startling
report like that of large cannon. Houses
shook and the people raj: terror stricken
into the streets. No damage followed,
however The shock had been preceded by
a slight tremor ten minutes before.
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One might as well try to stem the rapids
of Niagara as to expect perfect health while
a scrofulous taint exists in the blood.
Through its Alternative and purifying prop
critics, Ayers Sarsaparilla removes every
vestige OF scrofulous poison from the blood.
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Fretful Infants.

are not so because of natural depravity, but
because they are not properly fed. Many
of the sO-called foods serve more tO irritate
than to nourish the little ones. Lactated
Food, however, is a perfect nutriment, and
can be depended upon to make babies
healthy and happy.
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ELECTION FRAUDS DETECTED.

The Entire Election Board of One Pre-
cinct in Jersey City Arrested.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., April 10. The en-
tire election board Of the Eight precinct
Second district, has been arrested for tam
pering with the ballot box.
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SmuggIcd Cigars Found at Boston.

kWNESICu cigars FOUND NJ BOstOn.
Boston, April 13.-Between March ID
and April fully 5000 smuggled cigars We're
detected at this port. The owners were
fined or the cigars were confscated. More
cigars are now imported here than at New
York, over 100000 having been entered
since ADril /
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Monday April IL.

Chicago tailors are striking for recogni-
tion of their union.
Eugene Semple has been appointed gov
ernor of Washington territory.
The Chicago knights of Labor were ''cap-
tured" by the Brotherhood of Carpenters,
and a vote sustaining their strike was rushed
through.
A large reduction in navy yard employees
is soon to be made on account of lack of
funds to work upon.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
directors have voted to four track the road
from New York to Rye.
The United States ships Shenandoah and
Lackawanna are to be sold, and their names
stricken from the register.
The Maumee rolling mills at Toledo, have
been burned. to the ground. The loss is
placed at $500, 900; insurance $50, 600.
Brick making Knights of Labor at Balti-
more will strike to enforce a limitation of
the production of machine-made bricks.
Two employees Of the Pennsylvania rail-
way, Gardner Newcomb and James B. Pot
ter, were killed by train near Trenton,
N j.
Commissioner Fink says that the long and
short haul clause of the interstate law, if car
ried out, may bankrupt whole railway sys-
TENS.
A dispatch from Emmons Blaine to Mr..
Manley at Augusta, Me-, says Mr.. Blaine is
better, and will leave Fort Gibson for
Chicago to-day.